Tag: Nigeria

Update (2016 EST): The Biden Administration has confirmed that four people have been killed in the attack: two police officers, two U.S. Embassy personnel and three have been kidnapped. The first vehicle in the convoy was set ablaze, along with the bodies of the four killed. Two police operatives...

Nigerian special forces rescued seven Chinese hostages who were kidnapped in June by “terrorists” while working at a mine in Niger state, Nigeria. Nigerian Air Force spokesman Commodore Edward Gabkwet announced that Nigerian operators from the 271 Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Detachment launched a “daring and clinical military operation” in...

An investigation by Reuters reports that the Nigerian government ran a covert and systematic mass abortion campaign against women and children, many of whom were kidnapped and raped by Islamic militants, namely Boko Haram, in the country’s northeast regions. The motivation behind the program was to “destroy insurgent fighters...

The Nigerian Army has officially announced that one of their soldiers shot and killed an NGO worker at a Nigerian military base and injured a United Nations helicopter co-pilot. The shooter was immediately "neutralized" by responding soldiers. The pilot has been stabilized. The bodies of the two men have...

Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered on Pentecost Sunday. Among the dead were many children and women. The attack took place in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving scores of dozens feared dead with...